Guifenggu Holiday Village

10 miles upward from Lianquanxiang Valley, Huairou District, Beijing, 101400, China | Resort

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Beijing and first taste of China

A travel blog entry by teambrazier

... at Beijing station at 2pm.

Beijing hits you like a steam train. Nothing can quite prepare you for the sights, smells and noise of the capital of China that is home to 22 million people!

After checking in we went for a wonder and ended up at the famous food market not realising this really is the place where you can eat anything. We passed stalls selling penis, live scorpions, starfish, seahorses, deep fried tarantula, crickets, silk worms ...

Our So-Called Life... in Beijing

A travel blog entry by wontonwondering

So, we have been having a blast in Beijing when we are not working, which generally consists of Tuesday night through Friday mornings. We have made lots of really interesting friends here, some from other countries, some locals, but overall a pretty good mix.

We have already discovered a few of our favorite things to do and places to hang, so we are kind of finding our groove here in the city. One of our new favorite bars has gym ...

It's that time of the month again!

A travel blog entry by lisannelee

... pounds sterling per day from my account so there would be no way that I can withdraw 2000 pounds in time for the 21st which is the last day that I can give my passport to the PSB to extend my visa, seeing as they need my passport 7 days before my visa is due to expire.

Seeing as I had to leave by the 28th July and that you need to book long distance train tickets 10 days early, I dashed straight to the train station and ...

Onwards to Xi'an

A travel blog entry by littleboylost51

... to the airport Terminal 2 where Tracy checked us in. We then said our goodbyes to her and went through security for our flight to Xi'an scheduled to leave at 14.10 (Flight MU2112).

Our overall impressions of Beijing were mixed. Maureen was very sad to leave, but I am looking forward to the experiences that lie ahead. It is unfair to form an impression of such a huge city after such a short stay. Apart from being driven around, our only ...